when you talk about the lion, they're looking at the lion. pathizing with that creature. >> they went to see lion king and bambi. >> right, exactly. when they talk about abortion, they've been told, this is a clump of cells. this is not a human life form. they're not thinking in terms of baby. they've been desensitized. >> for all the people out there. >> if you're upset, are you eating steak tonight? do you have fish on your table tonight? do you have chicken? do you have turkey at thanksgiving? >> you keep bringing up the food fact. the reality is mob in trophy hunting is actually eating a lion. all that is to show off to your friends when you get home. if you were doing a hunt and you're shooting deer and the population needs to be managed to some degree -- >> i'm okay with that. i'm pro-choice. i don't want to put a lion head in my den. that's the last thing i would want to have there. other people have different tastes than i do. so what? >> no one eats the lion. it's not the same thing. no one is outraged about regular hunting. well some

to get your permit to legally hunt the lion, the handle owner has to prove that that lion is on his land it is been there are more than 30 days. whether they did that or didn't do that we don't know. the other thing that would cause alarm besides they were close to a national park. besides they baited this animal across. the animal has a big, big collar around its neck for tracking. even if everything else you claim ignorance all the way around. at some point if you're close enough to shoot with it a bow, you're close enough to see the big collar. >> was not it at night? >> it was, if it was at night. he would have to have some sort of vision. so they use spot lights. on top of that if there is a big spotlight on the lion absolutely you will see this big collar. >> let me go back to jedidiah. two they tweeted out this dentalist's address. i understand people's reaction to the lion. i wouldn't how many of the people that are outraged hire assassins to kill their cows that they can eat their steak with or kill their turkeys or the fishermen who kill their fish. i think there is hypocrisy.

look at that little lion. ♪ born free remember the song about the lion? he cubbies have nobody to go back with. >> do you see that -- hang on a second. i want you to look at that lion. >> i love the lion. >> that liln would chew you to little pieces. >> did they eat the meat? they skinned him up and took his head off. did they eat the meat? he's ethe mascot of szimbabwe. i like to put that guy in a cage with three lions. >> i've been out to dinner with you. you hire assassins to kill your beef, too? >> no, i eat the beef. >> you still have somebody kill it for you? >> if he ate the lion and cooked the lion -- >> you're fine with it? >> i'm fine with it then. >> ron? >> well, the thing is, the lion is the only animal or leopard that an out fitting camp won't use for meat. the locals do take the meat contrary to what everyone says. they even use the bones. the biggest point i think everyone's missing here is the government of zimbabwe national pa parks, they manage this resort. if they say this area has a quota and they're allowed to harvest one animals mayb

i think cecil the lion story is a good story. athink the poaching of animals and what they're doing to the environment and the oceans is horrible. and it should be reported. i don't begrudge the 30 minutes they spent on this story. ch but to do 11 minutes on a shocking and not only is it shocking in a human rights situation, but we're giving them half billion taxpayer dollars a year. and the justice department has not said they're going to invest gas. this is a huge story about american justice. about misappropriation of funds and about human rights and brutality among the most defenseless people. >> and bias always stems from how you feel about things before you start to do the story. snou look what we're talking about at the networks where they're downplaying or ignoring the planned parenthood videos. the opposite is true at fox news. >> that's true. but because it's important story. . but the producers and anchors at fox are basically different from the producers at the other networks. >> i know these people. i think it's a spl

." >>> tonight, the angry backlash against the minnesota dentist who killed this lion for sport, cecil, king of the pride. how he's defending his actions tonight in the face of public outcry. >>> underage model plucked from poverty, now strutting on the catwalk at the age of 14 as the face of dior posing in barely there sheer outfits, and her age making headlines. in a fashion industry that glorifies youth and beauty how young is too young, but first, the "nightline" five. >>> heartburn alert. zantac rushes relief in as little as 30 minutes. for relief without the wait try zantac. >>> when salonpas began in japan in 1934. a single patch created a category of pain relief. now it has evolved into a complete family of pain relievers. salonpas for targeted iran keeps their nuclear facilities. military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. >>> good evening, thanks for joining us a minnesota dentist is being bombard tonight wi

authorities in zimbabwe say an american was the key suspect in the death of a lion. the 13-year-old big cat cecil was found dead in a national park in zimbabwe. investigators say an american big game hunter paid tens of thousands to track and kill the anbam. jonathan betz has nor. >> reporter: the 13-year-old lion was supposed to be out of hunter's reach, he was tagged with a g.p.s. device, and so popular and beloved, he was named cecil. when his remains were found, his body was skinned, head cut off. tuesday, authorities in zimbabwe revealed the name of the hunter, walter james palmer, a dentist from minnesota. officials released his home address and passport for good measure. >> he is the guy that came into the country around the beginning of this month of july, and was enticed we are not sure yet, to have it. >> palmer admitted to the kill, blaming guides, saying i had no idea that the lion i took was a known favourite. i relied on expertise of local guides to ensure a legal hunt. palmer was on hunt when he or his team lured cecil out of the park, shot him, tracked

. >> the tragic killing of cecil the lione hunt for the lion huntsman. the dentist in hiding after receiving death threats. inside social media's extreme reaction. >> why don't we, say, kill a poacher? >> then is the world ready for the donald and mama grizzly to join forces? >> get sarah's support. >>> plus, back to melrose place. the unauthorized tv movie. ex-poses cat fights, hookups and off camera drama. >>> then, it's time for a vacation, but the griswold sights aren't just set on wally world. >> it's totally weird. just weird. >> it's a warm welcome as the family's newest member. >> there was an armadillo. >> i was like, yes, yes, that's the one! >>> now hollywood from the inside out. it's "the insider" together with yahoo! >> has yet another celeb fallen victim to the old cliche of cheating with the nanny?

i guess the fifth was too busy murdering lions to take the poll. all right well, you know maybe i am jumping to conclusion, maybe this wasn't murder maybe the lion was trying to attack him. neighbor lion has a sore tooth. maybe there was something stuck in its paw. maybe there was a witch and a wardrobe sitch. i don't know. i am just saying, give me some more details. >> conservationist say the well-known lion was lured out of the park and shot with a bow and arrow and the next day he was killed, beheaded and then skinned. >> larry: this is disgusting. i mean, everything just kind of hurts right now. i wish there was some kind of novocain for my soul. some soul-vocaine, right? which sounds like novocain for black people but it is really for everyone. really. it is inclusive. soul-vocaine, it is like your collard greens. all right. so what was his justification? >> the dentist claims he didn't know the hunt was illegal, but now -- but now he could be wanting for poaching. >> larry: okay. so asshole dds didn't know it was illegal. well let's review w

. >> the tragic killing of cecil the lione online taking off the hunt for the lion huntsman. the dentist in hiding after receiving death threats. inside social media's extreme reaction. >>> then, is they ready for donald to join forces. >> get sarah's support.

palmer but in a letter to parents he had said he had no idea the lion hunt may have been illegal and vowed to cooperate with authorities. palmer maintains he paid his guides to obtain proper permits. crickets have been loud. de writing thousands of negative comments on yelp. several petitions surfaced online asking to extradite dr. palmer to zimbabwe to face criminal charges. ted nugent came to palmer's defense. cecil was 13, a tourist favorite. fitted with a tracking collar studied by researchers. >> the lion cecil it was a remarkable individual. remarkable particularly because

this lion developed personality. people travel from around the world to see and photograph this lion. when you think i paid $55,000 to do this, that's nothing compared to what tourists will pay to see this lion. these countries have to understand this and enforce these situations. to go out and kill an animal like this, it's not for food. it's nothing but vanity. it's sickening disgusting. it's not really the poacher who's the bad guy. they are trying to survive get food for their families, and that money corrupts them and gets them in there right away. the bad guys are these people who are just guesting the money in there. the corruption is overwhelming in these countries. you're making it impossible to really protect these areas. >> when a lion dice, it has far reaching effect on its pride and the environment. anymore mitch is here to tell us more. >> good morning. clearly lions are the top of the food chain and when you kill the top of the food chain it has ripple effects. this lion and the park he was in was protected but there's a lot of pla

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the dentist office in minnesota. that memorial includes toy lionsrs, and apes. animal lovers say the memorial is to remember cecil the lion and remind that dentist about the innocent life he took. >>> still ahead new details in the trial of a man accused of killing a police officer. >> plus the brush fire continuing to burn out of control here. this is just off of highway 24. we will tell you about the home that was threatened here an the people that were evacuated. >> we have big trouble on 880. southbound 880 a fatal crash just outside of our camera view near fruitvale is making a mess of 880 in oakland. you can see for yourself it is jammed out of oakland. we do not recommend using this freeway to get to the airport. >> conditions near the fire find the site a little closer. breezes out of the west at 6 miles an hour. ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovat

. >> well out raifnlg -- outrage over the killing of a famous lion. did he have a permit or was it poaching? what we are learning about the hunter and the mauling he is getting from critics. >> plus thumbs up to a successful operation, the first ever double happened transplant -- hand transplant done on a child. >> and a swimmer who wants to make history off the coast of san francisco. >> and here is jimmy kimmle with what is next. >> here is a bit of what we have on tap for tonight. >> you were planing to go on a cross country trip with a bunch of your buddies on vespas. >> yes. three of the people hadn't ridden motorcycles before the trip in their life. >> and they still haven't, by the way. ...a rabbit... ...a rabbit genetically modified and bred with a panther... ...with turbines attached... ...on ice... ...shaved... ...with a...what the?! with the fastest speeds to the most homes, the company that keeps making fast faster is doing it again. introducing multi-gig speeds from xfinity. the future of awesome. ♪ ♪ ♪ you're only young once. unless you h

who did they bribe to get access to the lion? which official had in the tan swraw knee yen food chain? >> all of a sudden it is not a slow fuse day. she wants all of the questions. >> thank you for joining the panel. ann coulter had to leave. >> i can fill in for her and i can say i wish the lion was a mexican. i am shocked the person who killed the lion wasn't a mexican. >> no, he was not. he he was a dentist. >> i don't believe it. >> there are a couple of things to remember. the real losers are the good people of minneapolis who might have needed a teeth cleaning and now can't get to the dentist. the other thing is cecil had been studied by scientists since 1999. for 16 years this creature was subject to god knows what kind of bizarre scientific experiments by these modern day doctors. his death probably came as a release. >> maybe. what do you think? >> number one of course it was a dentist. they are the most sadist of all the people on the planet. he makes great giggles look like dr. oz. this dentist is awful. lion hunter den

. >> the global outrage over the killing of cecil the lion grew more intense today. legal calls for action against the american dentist who hunted and killed the animal. jonathan is more on this sad story. >> it's like killing mufasa from the lion king, and you shouldn't do it. but there's debate on whether american departmenttivity, walter palmer was within the law when he killed cecil. but social media is calling for criminal charges here in the u.s. still no sign of the dentist and big time game hunter, palmer, who killed cecil the lion. but they are working the case and looking into it in zimbabwe. but patients received a letter, apologizing for the disruption to his business. palmer saying, i deeply regret that my pursuit of an activity that i love and practice responsibly and legally resulted in the taking of this lion, that was never my intention. the reaction online was unapologetic. one of the most recent social media backlashes in history. on twitter, a sense of jaw-dropping amazement and pure hate directed at palmer. rickey said i'm struggling to imagine an

. >> and lion uproar. the brutal slaying of a beloved lion in zimbabwe is condemned around the world, including in these bitter comments from a late-night tv host. >> the big question is why are you shooting a lion in the first place? i mean i'm honestly curious to know where a human being wolf compelled to do that? how is that fun? >> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. new england patriots quarterback tom brady is reporting to training camp today. practice is tomorrow. after the nfl commissioner upheld a preliminary decision to sideline brady for the first four games of the upcoming season. the league dropped a bombshell late tuesday saying that brady had his cell phone destroyed just before meeting with independent investigators. this morning brady responded in a facebook post that said i have never written, texted e-mailed to anybody at any time anything related to football air pressure before this issue was raised at the afc championship game in january. to suggest that i destroyed a ph

this is our, i should say was, cecil the lion. beautiful animal. 'd been wearing a gps collar as part of an oxford university project. they'd been tracking him for years, and during that time, cecil became a local favorite amongst the tourists and people he was around. people loved to see him on safaris until early this month when a tourist shot him for sport. i happened upon this story. and the news report said they suspected it was a spaniard who did it. i had to say i was so relieved it wasn't an american. i was, like, this is terrible. but thank god wasn't one of us for once f. and then i went online and found out it was an american, a dentist from minnesota who paid $50,000 to shoot the lion. according to the new, he hired a company, he flew to zimbabwe. two locals took him to the park. they tied a dead animal to the rear of the vehicle to attract the lion. and the dentist shot cecil with a bow and arrow. but they didn't kill him. 48 hours later they shot him with a gun, skinned him, took the head and left the body there. the researchers were a

and outrage is growing over the killing of this beloved lion in africa. cecil was the star attraction at a national park in zimbabwe. local authorities claim a dentist from minnesota lured the lion from a protected area hunterred it down and killed it. they say dr. walter palmer and his guides poached the lion by shooting him with a bow and arrow on july 6th. now palmer's dental practice is shut down. abc's jimmy kimmel weighed in on the death of cecil the lion during his monologue seen here on 6abc last night. >> i'm not against hunterring in you're hunting to eat or help keep the animal population healthy or part of your culture one thing but if you're some a-hole dentist who wants a lion's head over the fireplace that's just vomitous. >> using profane language palmer issued a statement saying i had no idea that the lion i took down was known as a local favorite until the end of the hunt. he said he relied on the expertise of his guides. those guides are facing poaching charges in africa now. >>> "good morning america" will couldn't our coverage of the k

when tourists come wanting to see the lion. by killing it for the one time safari, taking it out of the park, in fact the value is lost for the long term for people benefiting from the animal being there. we learn again and again from polling and from the economics of the situation that people will pay to see animals on safari. majority do not want to see them killed. they want to see them. take pictures. nature safaris bring in 15 time the income of any hunting in africa. >> there is a frenzy right now. i want to say for the record. i don't think people should be wishing this person gets cancer, et cetera. there is a justice system. and he may be extradited. zimbabwe talking about that. extradition treaty if i understand this correctly. what do you, account for the comprehensive revulsion that people have from learning the story? >> people love wild animals. polls have shown up to 80% here in america. when polled recently said that they do not want to see imperilled species killed for sport. i dent want to see individuals targe

in the last 30 years the lion population has been halved. ink really the answer here is that love is the solution and that if people are really moved by all of this that they can consider a plant-based diet. go vegan. each of us are powerful and we together can make a hell of a difference michael. >> do you think the outrage over the lion killing will bring a greater folk to us environmental and wildlife issues and up the ante for people that have this type of behavior? >> absolutely. it is a seed of goodness comes out of this and it raises people's consciousness. compassion and love is what we have. that is really all we have. together, i think the most important thing is that we are powerful. and when we come together we move mountains. >> let me ask you this very brief question. there has been a lot of controversy with the black lives matter movement saying we are deeply and profoundly concerned about animals but we see a greater interest in animals of the wild kingdom than here. can you speak to the issue of the tremendous pressure charac

what's going to happen is that the next lion that comes along will kill all the cubs to get the femalescarry on his bloodline. >> tomorrow a sad scene on his death and renewed call to change hunting regulations. >> cecil was one of africa's best known lions. a major tourist draw. he was lured out of a national park and killed by an american hunter. alleging it's this man, doctor walter palmer, an avid trophy hunter and a dentist from minnesota. palmer admits to killing cecil, but said he didn't know the lion's significance and relied on the expertise of local guides. cecil's killing sparked outrage on social media and renewed calls to ban trophy hunting. >> this is a really large male. >> they have been calling for a ban if are years. >> killing an animal because you want a picture and the skin on your wall is a form of sickness. >> does it make you angry? >> extremely angry. >> this is a sanctuary in south africa that rescued scores of big cats. many of them were bred to be hunted. >> he was taken away from his mother. he was bred to be killed and trophy hunters like that will pay tens

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they said that palmer did not have a permit but shot the lion with his bow and arrow before finishing him off and then skinning him. >> they tried to unsuccessfully remove his gps collar and the african guides in zimbabwe today facing poaching charges that palmer can face too. he is back here in the states issuing a statement saying i had no idea the lion i took down was a known local favor and said he relied on his guides as far as he knew everything was legal and conducted correctly. they say that the lion's cubs will most likely be killed by whichever new male takes over the pride. >> we do not leave to it lose one we have lost a whole generation of lions. >> palmer plead guilty to poaching back in 2009, he was sentenced to a year of probation, as for this case, palmer says he has not been contacted by authorities here in the u.s. or in zimbabwe. marcy gonzales channel 6 "action news." >>> the phillies and blue jays wrap up their serieses in toronto, the phillies 3-2 victory was their ninth in ten games sin the all-star break. >> meanwhile the phillies traded jonathan papelbon to t

. >>> and the hunt for a lion on the streets of milwaukee. new sightings reported, and there might even be a cub. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, kate snow. >>> good evening. in a crowded republican field and with a long way to go, one man is showing a lot of strength in the polls no matter how inflammatory his rhetoric may be. two new nbc news/marist polls out today show donald trump running strong in the early nominating states. the poll conducted over a period when trump made those controversial comments about senator john mccain. in new hampshire, trump leads the pack. and in iowa, trump places a close second in our poll. in the democratic race, hillary clinton continues to lead big in iowa, but her margin over bernie sanders is smaller in new hampshire and tighter than it was just five months ago when clinton led sanders by 56 points. clinton spent the day in iowa, and that's where we find kristen welker tonight. kristen? >> reporter: ka

adding i had no idea the lion i took was a known local favorite. uthority say two men palmer have been charged with poaching. this is where most of us get up close to the big cats, at the zoo. some hunters are willing to pay thousands for the chance to kill one on safari. some reports suggest that palmer paid as much as $54,000. palmer said i deeply regret that my pursuit of an activity that i love and practice responsibly and legally resulted in the taking of this lion. and adds he will cooperate with any investigation. >> kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> when we come back, will walter palmer be prosecuted? ♪ ♪ fresher dentures with polident. for the best first impression. love loud. live loud. polident. number 1 dentist recommended. in the nation, we know how it feels when you aren't treated like a priority. we do things differently. we'll take care of it. we put members first. join the nation. thank you. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪♪ push your enterprise and you can move the world. but to get from the old way to the new you'll need the rig

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reak as the woman who helped headache it happen enters a guilty plea. >>> and outrage after a man kills a beloved lion for sport. this is a show that loves all sports. this one just doesn't feel right. good morning. it's wednesday, july 29th. i'm ayman mohyeldin. we begin in florida in what the fbi says is latest attack by isis sympathizers. the plot was in key west 150 miles from miami. this is the suspect, nows ss facing life in prison for allegedly planning to detonate a backpack bomb on the beach. he also went by the name on facebook. fbi launched the undercover operation after seeing the page filled with praise for isis. officials say swarez bought two boxes of nails, gave the nails, cell phone and backpack to fbi informant. in a recorded call he allegedly says, quote, i can go to the beach at nighttime, put the thing in the sand. cover it up so the next thing i call and the thing will make a real hard noise from nowhere. >> the attorney says charges are trumped up. >> i've met this young man, talked to this young man. i gauged his demeanor. he is not a violent jihadist. he's not a member of isis

my question is, animals are killed all the time. that lion would rip your head off and not think twice about it. and the second thing is i see more people outraged over the lion than i do over the planned parenthood videos of aborted fetuses where they're crushing this part of the body and this part of the body but then harvesting the lungs and the hearts and the livers and selling them for profit. it seems selective. i don't know if jimmy kimmel would get teary eyed over the aborted fetus pictures we've seen lately. >> sean, sean, he was the mascot of zimbabwe. it's like the top guy. it's like having -- going out porpoise fishing and getting flipper. imagine whacking flipper? >> let's keep in mind one thing, guys? this wasn't just cecil that was killed. there is six cubs that will likely be killed as a result of this. >> go get the cubs and protect

fish and wildlife service tweeting thursday, we are investigating the killing of cecil the lion. go where facts lead. but with the eyes of the world now trained on him, dr. walter palmer is staying out of sight. and now the man who guided the american on that hunt in zimbabwe tells the telegraph he's devastated. theo brockhorse out on bail after pleading not guilty to poaching charges stemming from the hunt tells the paper it went wrong from the beginning. he says palmer first shot cecil the lion with an arrow, but it was too late to track him, so they went home for the night. 11 hours later, he says they spotted the wounded lion and the client then shot it with his bow and arrow and killed it. that's when brockhorse tells the telegraph they found the famous lion's tracking collar which meant he was a protected animal. both he and palmer were upset. he says telling the telegraph, he panicked and hid the collar in a tree. still, the guide says palmer later asked if they could hunt for an elephant the next day. palmer has not been charged with any crime and has said he'll cooperate

people are talking about how he shot the lion with a bow and arrow and he didn't kill him and the lion was roaming around. he probably put nova cane into the arrow. >> that's right. they numb you first. >> that's how he gets his patient. he lures him with candy. >> my dentist does both. he rubs your gums and then sticks the needle in. >> nothing happened. >> some dentist in indiana was arrested for hypnotizing his patients and having sex with them. >> we need to focus on that guy. >> how do you do that? i want to learn how to do that? hypnotize. >> joanne, if zimbabwe doesn't care why should we care? and this lion is 12 years old. do you though how old that is in human years? 99. put him out of his misery. >> our -- they wreak of outrage. oh wait, you don't care about the fact our country is poverty stricken and 75% of us live in poverty and you care more about this lion who was very old and studied by a university when most of these people can't go to university. >> it is true. devore let me bring you in on this. i don't want to say -- the outrage is across the board. universally peop

he said he didn't mow the lion was protected and the hunt was illegal. cecil was african nation's oldest lion and had become a national symbol. >> two republicans brought this into the race connected it to abortion. >> mike huckaby tweeted "many of the nation is more concerned with cecil the lion than the babies. marco rubio said look at the outrage over the lion but what about the dead babies. >> they're talking about the video that show as planned parenthood doctor discusses fetal tissue donations talked to someone that is posing as a rep. another shows one that says she is from planned parenthood and they pay to host the tissues. hillary clinton says i've seen pictures from them and find them disturbing. a time magazine reporter was there and addressed leaders in maryland. she said i think it's regrettable that republicans are trying to under mine and end the services, referring to abortion, that so many women have needed and take advantage of. i think it's another effort by republicans to call the shots for women. >> planned parenthood said the videos

the u.s. dentist who killed a protected lion in zimbabwe defends his actions. ♪ ♪ >>> pakistani police say theye shot dead the leader of the banned group which is behind hundreds of killings in the country. he was killed in a shootout with security forces in the punjab region, 13 others killed. including two of his sons, his group is on the list of terrorist organizations in many countries, including the u.s., britain, indian and russia. the group has claimed responsibilities for many attacks on shia muslims. he was accused of plotting the 2009 attack on the slow lan can cricket team. he has faced several murder trials but has always been a quitted after witnesses refuse says to testify. we can talk to the author and pakistani analyst joining us from islambad. how significant then is the deniesdemise of the leader of this group. will it mean that the group will now founder? >> yeah, it means quite a big as far as this development is concerned, you can see it from two ways, one is, of course, the personality of him he was the leader as you have told and also the part and parcel of the defunct or

. >> well out raifnlg -- outrage over the killing of a famous lion. did he have a permit or was it poaching? what we are learning about the hunter and the mauling he is getting from critics. >> plus thumbs up to a successful operation, the first ever double happened transplant -- hand transplant done on a child. >> and a swimmer who wants to make history off the coast of san francisco. >> and here is jimmy kimmle with what is next. >> here is a bit of what we have on tap for tonight. >> you were planing to go on a cross country trip with a bunch of your buddies on vespas. >> yes. three of the people hadn't ridden motorcycles before the trip in their life. >> and they still haven't, by the way. >>> covering daly city, los gatos and all of the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> check out this scene in southern california. a tree crashed on to a group of children in pasadena today injuring eight. two critically. the tree is a 75-year-old pine that sits on the ground of the kids space children's museum. they were under doing arts and crafts when there was a l

for israel - will soon be a free man >>> the lion killing. an american dentist admits he's the big-game hunter that killed cecil, a famous african lion. and safe behind bars. >> translation: i'm worried that once i'm outside doors will be shut opportunities for a new life will be closed >>> how prison is a refuge for young women trapped in el salvador's vicious gang wars >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is it al jazeera america. we begin in washington. for the second time president obama's top cabinet secretaries were on capitol hill defending the iran nuclear deal. secretary of state john kerry testified with energy secretary ernst monnees, and treasury secretary jack luce facing the senate last week. house lawmakers grilled the trio questioning the decision to lift sanctions on iran. kerry hit back, saying sanctions would not prevent iran building nuclear weapons. libby casey reports on the contentious hearing. >> reporter: round two on capitol hill for the chief negotiators and pitch men for a deal not sitting well with republicans o

cecil the lion plays on anger, disgust, sadness, passionately stirred by one-story that talks about thedemnable greed of humanity. donald trump has played these emotions like a trumpet. people are angry at the state of the country and disgusted by politicians who promise everything and do nothing and are saddened by the prospect of the whole thing swirling down the drain like dishwater. when individual emotion becomes group emotion it multiplies. instead of shrinking away, donald trump and braces that which is the opposite response of career politicians. people are calling for the guy's head who shot the lion, but donald trump calls his opponent upsetting. is it a tearjerker or the feel-good movie of the summer? well, let's talk about tom brady with his super bowl brains and trophy wife, he has been inevitably pulling in one direction and donald trump has been built up by republicans as though they were below. the only thing more satisfying is carrying him down. the crowds cheer. the only thing that would bring them more joy is to see him in an elevator with ray rice. you can imagine th

it's finger lickin' good. >>> the killing of cecil the lion in africa left people outraged. st because he was one of the oldest, much of the criticism are opposed to hunting in general. ktvu's john sasaki met a hunter and taxidermist who is also outraged but he says hunting is more popular in the bay area than you might think. >> the faces of wildlife from around the world. at this shop, the owner has been stuffing animals for 30 years. >> every animal there is. a-z. >> reporter: he has done everything from pets, dogs and a torts to big game. he says -- >> thousand bucks a piece. he is losing big money. that is part of their livelihood. and the rules are, you get a cattle killer you have to kill'em. >> he got back from africa where he was guiding people on a hunt. what is the attraction? >> it is already in you. like the cave man days. you want to have fun. >> reporter: many people would look at this business as a house of horrors, offended by the idea of killing an animal for sport. >> everything we do is ethical -- you know? people are funny, you know, but if i offend anybo